DaisyMaeDuke Posted September 23, 2009 Report Share Posted September 23, 2009 Luke frowned. "Zack you alright?" Something wasn't right about the way he was acting. He laid a gentle hand on his forehead. "You feelin' sick or somethin?" He was quiet...too quiet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoJamesDuke Posted September 23, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2009 Zack however was already half asleep again, not answering his question as he watched the outside world through half open eyes. Unlike usual however, they weren't trained on any particular spot ready to spot what he was waiting for the first chance he got...now his eyes were just staring listlessly....almost carelessly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaisyMaeDuke Posted September 23, 2009 Report Share Posted September 23, 2009 "Zack...Zack what's wrong...talk t' me buddy," implored Luke softly. he couldn't understand why the boy was suddenly so quiet. He hadn't even told him hello or acknowledged that he was there. It worried him. "Zack?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoJamesDuke Posted September 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2009 Zack however just answered by shaking his head a little, his little fingers holding a white knuckled grip on George despite his lethargy. He still didn't move to aknowledge Luke, it was like the only thing that mattered to him was George. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaisyMaeDuke Posted September 24, 2009 Report Share Posted September 24, 2009 Luke swallowed hard. It was like this little boy and Zack were two different persons. He wasn't sure what to do. "You...want me to go?" he asked softly, afraid that even saying something too loudly might push the youngster further away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoJamesDuke Posted September 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2009 Zack shrugged his shoulders carelessly, staring out the window a little while longer before dropping his head down to bury it on top of George's head. Before long...a small sob sounded from the fur, and Zack's shoulders gently started to shake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaisyMaeDuke Posted September 24, 2009 Report Share Posted September 24, 2009 Luke looked at him before kneeling down beside him putting a gentle hand on his back, rubbing small circles on it. "Zack you can talk t' me...I'll listen..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoJamesDuke Posted September 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2009 "Nooo..." the little boy whined softly, shaking his head which in turn made his hair bob. He refused to look up at Luke and also started to try and wriggle his way away from Luke's hand. "Weave me awone...." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaisyMaeDuke Posted September 24, 2009 Report Share Posted September 24, 2009 Luke swallowed, biting his lip. Nodding a little, he stood to his full height. "Guess...I'll see you later then..." he said softly, his voice breaking a little. Maybe he was wrong...maybe Zack didn't want him after all.He decided to seek out the lady in charge. "Scuse me...can you tell me what's wrong with Zack? He's so upset..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoJamesDuke Posted September 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 For once, the lady was resting happily and quietly in the lounge area of the home. There were few kids in the home that day because it was the time of the week when possible foster parents were allowed to take the child they were looking to adopt out. Unlike some places, she didn't just let them go whenever the parents wanted. She understood the need for a routine in the children's lives. So during the week they went to school, then came back into the home to take part in structured playtimes, dinner and bedtimes. Or she tried to anyway. Weekends were their trips out. The only children who didn't go to school were Zack and some of the youngest ones who were napping. Zack rarely moved away from the window and refused point blank to do anything else. The lady jumped a little as Luke spoke, jerking herself out of the light doze she had unknowingly fallen into and getting to her feet quickly. For once her hair was let down to hang loose down her back and she didn't look as hassled and tired as with the other days."I'm so sorry, I must have dozed off...its so quiet here..." she chuckled gently, heading over to him. "What was it you wanted to ask?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaisyMaeDuke Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 "I was wondering about Zack...he seems...depressed....I mean...really really down...." He ran his hand through his hair uneasily. "Did I...do somethin?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoJamesDuke Posted September 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 "Ohhh...no, no its definitly not you....he always gets upset this time of the week but..." Biting her lip softly, she leant against the wall with her arms folded across her stomach. "Every week the children go out with people that might foster them....except Zack never does because he refuses to leave the room....every weekend he waits for his parents to come and pick him up...its when he's the most hopeful...and when he's the most upset. I think he....he's really starting to realize that the promise his parent's made him...well they're not gonna keep it..." She murmured gently, looking like she even hated to say the words. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaisyMaeDuke Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 Luke swallowed. "How can I help him?" He remembered what it was like for himself so many years ago...waiting every week for his parents to magically reappear...waiting to wake up from a very bad nightmare. He didn't wish that on anyone...especially Zack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoJamesDuke Posted September 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 The lady bit her lip softly, knowing that he really wanted to help the little boy as much as they all did. The thing was she honestly didn't know how to help him...no one did. Not even the Doc who had been here on numerous occassions."To be honest, I really don't know...no one does...it doesn't help he won't let anyone close cause any time I do get to be with him away from the other children he doesn't want to know..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaisyMaeDuke Posted September 26, 2009 Report Share Posted September 26, 2009 Luke swallowed hard. He never did like it when someone he cared about was hurting. Now Zackwas hurting, and Luke had no idea how to fix it. "There's got to be somethin'" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoJamesDuke Posted September 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2009 "We've tried so much short of actually telling him that they're not coming back...but who can do that...I dont know anyone that could crush his little heart like that..."She said with a small shake of the head...though if she was honest with herself, she was pretty sure that just Luke being there and hanging out with him would help. From what she had seen him do already, it was clear the little boy trusted him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaisyMaeDuke Posted September 27, 2009 Report Share Posted September 27, 2009 Luke nodded with a sigh. "Thank you, ma'am." With that he slowly made his way back to Zack's window. He knew that the little boy didn't seem to want him there, but Luke just couldn't leave him there alone."Hey...I'm back..." he offered as he sat down beside him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoJamesDuke Posted September 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2009 Zack once again didn't look up althought if Luke could have seen his face then he would have seen the surprise pass across his little features that Luke did actually come back to him. He was so used to people coming and going, some never to be seen again that he had seemed to lose all kind of faith in people sticking by him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaisyMaeDuke Posted September 28, 2009 Report Share Posted September 28, 2009 "I uh...I brung ya somethin'" he said, taking from the pocket of his jean jacket something carefully wrapped in a napkin. "S'a couple cookies...Daisy made 'em this mornin'. Now I know you probably don't feel like eatin' right now...but you can save 'em for a snack later...or give 'em away...whatever you want..." he suggested setting the cookies carefully on the window ledge beside the little boy.Luke bit his lip. Swallowing hard, he said something he had never told anyone...not even Bo. "You know...even years after my folks died...I'd still...imagine them comin' back for me somehow.... wasn't that I didn't like bein' at the farm but...I just missed 'em so much...I guess I thought...if I waited long enough...God'd send a miracle..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoJamesDuke Posted September 29, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2009 Unbeknownst to Luke, the social worker was standing outside the door quietly, just listening to him talk to the little boy with a small smile. She knew about Luke's life from his records, but it was a different thing completly to actually understand the person you were researching. Based on everything she had on him, it would be easy to just turn down Luke's application....he didn't have a lot of money, his home was unstable because of that, he was on probation and constantly in trouble with the law. But it was harder to reject him when she could see how much effort he was putting in with Zack, how he refused to turn away from the little boy even though it was clear Zack was trying his best to make him leave. She would admit herself that she didn't have the time or patience to sit there with Zack and try to get him to talk. Harder still when Zack seemed to be responding to Luke a little each day, forming an attatchment with him. Smiling a little, she crept back down the stairs to look through her papers some more...Zack in the meantime was listening to every word Luke was saying, even though he didn't move his head from his knees. HIs stomach grumbled a little at the mention of the cookies though, and it was hard for him not to move and take one to eat. In a way, it was a little comforting for him to hear that Luke had lost his parents too...but in another way Luke didn't understand the hurt of knowing his parents were out there....just that they didn't WANT to come and get him...that they didn't WANT him...that he was alone because he was unloved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaisyMaeDuke Posted September 29, 2009 Report Share Posted September 29, 2009 "Now...I know...what I went through is a lot different than what you're feelin'...heck...if I was in your shoes, I'd probably feel the same..." He bit his lip. "Now I don't know why your folks ain't come back for ya... but sometimes..." He sighed hard. "Sometimes...bad things happen to good people. Ain't no reason...they didn't do nothin' t' deserve it, it...just happens...now your folks...they must have a real good reason why they didn't come back....somethin...musta stopped em...cuz anyone'd be lucky t have a little boy like you...they'd be crazy not t come back," he said softly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoJamesDuke Posted September 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2009 At that, Zack shook his head as little tears traced down his face though Luke couldn't see him. He didn't feel like anyone would be lucky to have him, because if they were then his parents would have come back...no the reason they didn't come back was clear and simple to the little boy...and he told Luke as much."They don't love me...I'm a stupid boy..." he murmured with an injured sniff, his voice rising in pitch as he threatened to break down in sobs, repeating what he'd been told for a while before his parents left him. "...I shouldna been born in the first place..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaisyMaeDuke Posted September 30, 2009 Report Share Posted September 30, 2009 Luke's eyes became ablaze like blue fire. "Who told you that?!" he demanded. "It's not true Zack...not a bit of it!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoJamesDuke Posted September 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2009 Jumping at the yell, the little boy flinched and huddled more under the covers that were surrounding him. He whimpered softly as he clung George to him and practically tried to press himself through the window in an attempt to get away from something that was not coming. His parents rarely ever hit him, just used to say mean things to him...but when they did hit him...it hurt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaisyMaeDuke Posted September 30, 2009 Report Share Posted September 30, 2009 Luke closed his eyes. "I'm sorry Zack...I'm sorry...it just...the thought of someone hurting you...in anyway makes me angry....so angry...I care about you so much..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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